diff --git a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Configuration/AppConfiguration.cs b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Configuration/AppConfiguration.cs
index 2dbfc4cf..e6abc853 100644
--- a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Configuration/AppConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Configuration/AppConfiguration.cs
@@ -6,20 +6,26 @@ namespace Moonlight.ApiServer.Configuration;
 
 public record AppConfiguration
 {
-    [YamlMember(Description = "The public url your instance should be accessible through")]
+    [YamlMember(Description = "Moonlight configuration\n\n\nThe public url your instance should be accessible through")]
     public string PublicUrl { get; set; } = "http://localhost:5165";
     
-    [YamlMember(Description = "The credentials of the postgres which moonlight should use")]
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nThe credentials of the postgres which moonlight should use")]
     public DatabaseConfig Database { get; set; } = new();
     
-    [YamlMember(Description = "Settings regarding authentication")]
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nSettings regarding authentication")]
     public AuthenticationConfig Authentication { get; set; } = new();
     
-    [YamlMember(Description = "These options are only meant for development purposes")]
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nThese options are only meant for development purposes")]
     public DevelopmentConfig Development { get; set; } = new();
+    
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nSettings for hosting the frontend")]
     public FrontendData Frontend { get; set; } = new();
+    
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nSettings for the internal web server moonlight is running in")]
     public KestrelConfig Kestrel { get; set; } = new();
-    public MetricsData Metrics { get; set; } = new();
+    
+    [YamlMember(Description = "\nSettings for open telemetry")]
+    public OpenTelemetryData OpenTelemetry { get; set; } = new();
 
     public static AppConfiguration CreateEmpty()
     {
@@ -91,12 +97,37 @@ public record AppConfiguration
         public string[] AllowedOrigins { get; set; } = ["*"];
     }
     
-    public record MetricsData
+    public record OpenTelemetryData
     {
-        [YamlMember(Description = "This enables the collecting of metrics and allows access to the /metrics endpoint")]
+        [YamlMember(Description = "This enables open telemetry for moonlight")]
         public bool Enable { get; set; } = false;
+
+        public OpenTelemetryMetricsData Metrics { get; set; } = new();
+        public OpenTelemetryTracesData Traces { get; set; } = new();
+        public OpenTelemetryLogsData Logs { get; set; } = new();
+    }
+
+    public record OpenTelemetryMetricsData
+    {
+        [YamlMember(Description = "This enables the exporting of metrics")]
+        public bool Enable { get; set; } = true;
+
+        [YamlMember(Description = "Enables the /metrics exporter for prometheus")]
+        public bool EnablePrometheus { get; set; } = false;
         
         [YamlMember(Description = "The interval in which metrics are created, specified in seconds")]
         public int Interval { get; set; } = 15;
     }
+    
+    public record OpenTelemetryTracesData
+    {
+        [YamlMember(Description = "This enables the exporting of traces")]
+        public bool Enable { get; set; } = true;
+    }
+    
+    public record OpenTelemetryLogsData
+    {
+        [YamlMember(Description = "This enables the exporting of logs")]
+        public bool Enable { get; set; } = true;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Implementations/Startup/CoreStartup.cs b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Implementations/Startup/CoreStartup.cs
index d1229732..28918b5b 100644
--- a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Implementations/Startup/CoreStartup.cs
+++ b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Implementations/Startup/CoreStartup.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Moonlight.ApiServer.Configuration;
 using Moonlight.ApiServer.Database;
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@ using Moonlight.ApiServer.Interfaces;
 using Moonlight.ApiServer.Models;
 using Moonlight.ApiServer.Plugins;
 using Moonlight.ApiServer.Services;
+using OpenTelemetry.Logs;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
+using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
+using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
 namespace Moonlight.ApiServer.Implementations.Startup;
 
@@ -64,22 +68,56 @@ public class CoreStartup : IPluginStartup
 
         #region Prometheus
 
-        if (configuration.Metrics.Enable)
+        if (configuration.OpenTelemetry.Enable)
         {
-            builder.Services.AddSingleton<MetricsBackgroundService>();
-            builder.Services.AddHostedService(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<MetricsBackgroundService>());
+            var openTel = builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry();
+            var openTelConfig = configuration.OpenTelemetry;
 
-            builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMetric, ApplicationMetric>();
-            builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMetric, UsersMetric>();
+            var resourceBuilder = ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault();
+            resourceBuilder.AddService(serviceName: "moonlight");
 
-            builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
-                .WithMetrics(providerBuilder =>
+            openTel.ConfigureResource(x => x.AddService(serviceName: "moonlight"));
+
+            if (openTelConfig.Metrics.Enable)
+            {
+                builder.Services.AddSingleton<MetricsBackgroundService>();
+                builder.Services.AddHostedService(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<MetricsBackgroundService>());
+
+                builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMetric, ApplicationMetric>();
+                builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMetric, UsersMetric>();
+
+                openTel.WithMetrics(providerBuilder =>
                 {
-                    providerBuilder.AddPrometheusExporter();
                     providerBuilder.AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
+                    providerBuilder.AddOtlpExporter();
+
+                    if (openTelConfig.Metrics.EnablePrometheus)
+                        providerBuilder.AddPrometheusExporter();
 
                     providerBuilder.AddMeter("moonlight");
                 });
+            }
+
+            if (openTelConfig.Logs.Enable)
+            {
+                openTel.WithLogging();
+
+                builder.Logging.AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+                {
+                    options.SetResourceBuilder(resourceBuilder);
+                    options.AddOtlpExporter();
+                });
+            }
+
+            if (openTelConfig.Traces.Enable)
+            {
+                openTel.WithTracing(providerBuilder =>
+                {
+                    providerBuilder.AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
+
+                    providerBuilder.AddOtlpExporter();
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -110,7 +148,7 @@ public class CoreStartup : IPluginStartup
 
         #region Prometheus
 
-        if (configuration.Metrics.Enable)
+        if (configuration.OpenTelemetry is { Enable: true, Metrics.EnablePrometheus: true })
             app.UseOpenTelemetryPrometheusScrapingEndpoint();
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Moonlight.ApiServer.csproj b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Moonlight.ApiServer.csproj
index 78397ecd..3ea69dab 100644
--- a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Moonlight.ApiServer.csproj
+++ b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Moonlight.ApiServer.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <PackageReference Include="MoonCore" Version="1.9.6"/>
         <PackageReference Include="MoonCore.Extended" Version="1.3.6"/>
         <PackageReference Include="MoonCore.PluginFramework.Generator" Version="1.0.2"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.12.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus.AspNetCore" Version="1.12.0-beta.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.12.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.12.0"/>
@@ -38,10 +39,4 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="8.1.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Ben.Demystifier" Version="0.4.1"/>
     </ItemGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
-        <Compile Remove="storage\**\*"/>
-        <Content Remove="storage\**\*"/>
-        <None Remove="storage\**\*"/>
-        <None Remove="Properties\launchSettings.json"/>
-    </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Services/MetricsBackgroundService.cs b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Services/MetricsBackgroundService.cs
index 619c4a18..7aece2ab 100644
--- a/Moonlight.ApiServer/Services/MetricsBackgroundService.cs
+++ b/Moonlight.ApiServer/Services/MetricsBackgroundService.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class MetricsBackgroundService : BackgroundService
             }
 
             await Task.Delay(
-                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Configuration.Metrics.Interval),
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Configuration.OpenTelemetry.Metrics.Interval),
                 stoppingToken
             );
         }